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United States Patent | 6,264,010 |
Doll ,   et al. | July 24, 2001 |
The present invention relates to a disc brake with hydraulically operable brake pads and a mechanical actuating which includes an actuating shaft that is rotatably and sealedly mounted in a bore of a brake housing and acts upon at least one of the brake pads. The present invention focuses on that at least in the area of a shaft duct, a sealing element is provided which is fixed to the actuating shaft so as to rotate along with it and cooperates with at least one associated sealing element and/or mating sealing surfaces in a radial direction. The sealing element bridges a portion of the actuating shaft which is different from the shape of a circle.
Inventors: | Doll; Andreas (Frankfurt, DE); Keferstein; Hans-Georg (Darmstadt, DE); Kranlich; Holger (Karben, DE); Thiel; Rudolf (Frankfurt, DE); Bauer; Jurgen (Weisbaden, DE) |
Assignee: | Continential Teves AG & Co., OHG (Frankfurt, DE) |
Appl. No.: | 230836 |
Filed: | July 19, 1999 |
PCT Filed: | October 22, 1997 |
PCT NO: | PCT/EP97/05821 |
371 Date: | July 19, 1999 |
102(e) Date: | July 19, 1999 |
PCT PUB.NO.: | WO98/19076 |
PCT PUB. Date: | May 7, 1998 |
Oct 25, 1996[DE] | 196 44 512 |
Current U.S. Class: | 188/72.8; 74/18.1; 188/71.9; 277/549 |
Intern'l Class: | F16D 055/08 |
Field of Search: | 188/72.7,72.6,72.8,71.9 74/18,18.1 277/549,550,560,561,562,564-569,571 |
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